US25386A

US25386A - Fastening fob

Info

Publication number: US25386A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1859-09-13
Anticipated expiration: 1876-09-13

Description

UNITED ST'ES FATNT FFICE.

BARNES CLAYTON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FASTENING- FOR SHIRT-STUDS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 25,386, dated September 13, 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BARNES CLAYTON, of the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Fastening for Shirt-Bosom Studs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figures l and 2 are, respectively, enlarged back and side views of a. shirt-bosom stud with the improved fastening applied theree to; and Figs. 3` and t vertical longitudinal sections of the same-like letters indicating the same parts when on the different figures.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination and arrangement of a hollow, sliding case and a contained spring, with the tie or post which rigidly connects the front, or ornamental part of the stud to its back or fastening-bar, in such a manner that the said sliding case will yield to pressure so as to admit of a ready and convenient application of the stud, and afterward, by the re-action of the spring when the pressure is removed, so change its relative position in respect to the fastening bar as to cause the latter to prevent the stud from being removed from the garment in an illegitimate manner or by a direct pull.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and make my invention, I will proceed to describe, more fully, its construction and mode of operation.

In the drawings A, represents the hollow, sliding case; B, the spring contained within it; C, the front, or ornamental part of the stud; D, the back or fastening bar; and E, the tie, or post, which rigidly connects the two parts, C and D, together.

The bar (D) is a rigid, slender piece of metal fixed to the rear side of the ornamental part (C), by means of the tie or post (E), so as to remain parallel with, and at a short distance from, the said side, substantially as shown in the drawings.

The case (A) is a. short, Hat tube, of thin metal plate, which surrounds the tie (E), and slides between and in contact with the two parts (C and D)-its inner end einbracing the rounded inner edge of the bar (D) so as to confine its motion in the direction of the length of the latter. As an additional means of guiding or steadying the sliding motion of this case (A), its opposite end also may'embrace a fin f, which may be fixed, for the purpose, on the rear side of the part The spring (B) may be made either spiral, or zigzag, in form, and, when placed within the case (A), should press against both the tie (E) and the upper side of the oase (A) with sufficient force to hold the lower side of the said case in contact with the tie (E), and thus permit both ends of the bar (D) to project beyond it-as shown in Figs. l, 2, and Ll--and at the same time be of suflicient delicacy, as to strength and elasticity, to admit of its being sufliciently compressed, in the act of introducing or applying the stud, to allow the lower side of the case (A) to be brought, by a moderate pressure, flush wit-h the lower end of the bar (D)-as shown in Fig. 3.

Operation: The red lines in Figs. 3 and 4 indicating the two parts of a shirt bosomthe ornamental part (C) of the stud is to be held between the operators linger and thumb, and the upper end of the bar (D) passed through the holes, appropriated therefor in the garment, and by his eXertion of a moderate pressure, upward, the case (A) is caused to slide downward until its lower side has become flush with the lower end of the bar (D)-as shown in Fig. 3-when, by his simply pressing the stud backward, the lower end of the said bar (D) is also caused to pass through the holes in the garment, and the stud being then immediately after released from the thumb and linger of the operator, the reaction of the spring (B) brings the said bar and case into their normal relative positions with each other-as shown in Fig. 4,-and so secure the stud in position as required.

It will readily be perceived that this is ay Very superior fastening for shirt bosom studs, and other similar articles of jewelryit being simple and durable in its c0nstruc tion, and yet neat, perfectly effective, and I (E) and the bar (D)-the same being ai"- of very easy and convenient application and ranged to Operate together substantially in 10 removal. the manner and for the purpose set forth What I claim as my invention and desire and described. ,r3 to secure by Letters Patent, in the herein BARNES CLAYTON.

described fastening, is Witnesses:

The hollow sliding case (A) and spring BENJ. MoRIsON, (B), in combination with the tie, or post, GEORGE PIEIFFER. 4